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This is a list of international airports in Canada.. As defined by Transport Canada, an international airport: . means any airport designated by the Contracting State, in whose territory it is situated, as an airport of entry and departure for international commercial air traffic, where the formalities incident to customs, immigration, public health, animal and plant quarantine and similar ...
Originally known as Lagos Airport, it was renamed after the military head of state Murtala Muhammed in 1976 following his assassination in a failed coup attempt. A new international terminal modeled after Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was constructed through the decade at a cost of ₦240 million, officially opening on 15 March 1979, as part of a ...
A Piper PA-23 Aztec six-seat charter aircraft of Aero Contractors in 1970, pictured at Warri Airport after a flight from Lagos Ikeja Airport. Aero Contractors was formed in 1959 and officially registered in Nigeria in 1960. At that time, it was a wholly owned by Schreiner Airways B.V. of the Netherlands.
On 12 October 2018, an Overland Airways ATR 72-202 suffered severe damage after a fire erupted during maintenance at a hangar in Murtala Muhammed International Airport. [10] The fire was caused by the Ground Power Unit being struck by the propeller blades of the aircraft after the engine was started inside the hangar. [ 11 ]
The most popular destinations from Ilorin International Airport are Abuja and Lagos.The airport is served by two airlines, Air Peace and Azman Air. They operate flights to Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt. [6] The airport is undergoing a number of improvements, including the construction of a new terminal building and the expansion of the runway.
Arik Air is a Nigerian airline operating mainly from two hubs at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. [1] Arik Air's head office is the Arik Air Aviation Center on the grounds of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja. [2]
On 23 April 2024, Dana Air Flight 0352, a MD-82 registered 5N-BKI, skidded off the runway while landing at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. No one of the 83 people on board was injured, but the aircraft was severely damaged.
On November 26, 2023, Flight UN504 from Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) to Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport (ABV) landed in Asaba International Airport (ABB). The airline indicated this diversion was due to weather, but authorities disagreed with the airline's claims of bad weather in Abuja at the time of the incident.